The threat of nuclear catastrophe was also raised by the United States, Japan and Germany at the opening of a conference to review the 50-year-old Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
Putin appeared to roll back on his nuclear warning in a message of greetings to NPT participants posted on his website Monday.
Russia’s delegation to the NPT issued a statement Monday night strongly rejecting Blinken’s contention that Russia is using the Zaporizhzhya plant as a military base, saying a limited number of servicemen are there “to ensure safety and security at the power plant.” Guterres said the month-long review conference is taking place “at a time of nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War.”
“All this at a time when the risks of proliferation are growing and guardrails to prevent escalation are weakening,” he said, “And when crises -- with nuclear undertones -- are festering from the Middle East and the Korean Peninsula to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and to many other factors around the world.”
Japan’s Kishida, recalling his home city of Hiroshima where the first atomic bomb was dropped in August 1945, echoed many of Guterres’ points saying the path to a world without nuclear weapons has become harder but “giving up is not an option.”
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